Movies Drew Barrymore, Henry Thomas join TCM film festival opening night E.T. The Extra-Terrestrial screening Plus, Pam Grier, Warren Beatty, and more join the festival line-up. By Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker Maureen Lee Lenker is a senior writer at Entertainment Weekly with over seven years of experience in the entertainment industry. An award-winning journalist, she's written for Turner Classic Movies, Ms. Magazine, The Hollywood Reporter, and more. She's worked at EW for six years covering film, TV, theater, music, and books. The author of EW's quarterly romance review column, "Hot Stuff," Maureen holds Master's degrees from both the University of Southern California and the University of Oxford. Her debut novel, It Happened One Fight, is now available. Follow her for all things related to classic Hollywood, musicals, the romance genre, and Bruce Springsteen. EW's editorial guidelines Published on March 23, 2022 12:00PM EDT The TCM Classic Film Festival is phoning home — and Henry Thomas and Drew Barrymore have answered the call. On Wednesday, Turner Classic Movies announced that the original E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial stars will be joining their opening night 40th-anniversary screening of the film at the network's annual film festival. Thomas and Barrymore join previously announced guests Steven Spielberg and producer Kathleen Kennedy. Fans of the classic sci-fi coming of age story will recall that Thomas stars as Elliott, the young boy who takes in extra-terrestrial E.T. when the alien is mistakenly left behind on Earth. Barrymore is Elliott's sister Gertie and together the kids attempt to help E.T. make contact with his home planet and return to his species. Bruce Mcbroom/Universal/Kobal/Shutterstock Thomas and Barrymore are just two of the additions to the film festival that were announced Tuesday. Other names added to the mix include Pam Grier, joining to introduced a screening of blaxploitation film Coffy; Warren Beatty, stopping by for Heaven Can Wait, on which he served as writer, actor, and director; as well as Kevin Bacon, Paul Reiser, Steve Guttenberg, and Tim Daly. It's officially baseball season again, and to celebrate, stars Lori Petty, Anne Ramsay, Ann Cusack, Megan Cavanagh, and Jon Lovitz will attend a 30th-anniversary screening of A League of Their Own. Topher Grace will join a poolside screening of Fast Times at Ridgemont High, Keith Carradine will attend a screening of Angels With Dirty Faces, and The Sting writer David S. Ward and producers Michael Phillips and Tony Bill will be on hand to discuss their Best Picture-winning film. More special guests and screenings can be found on the TCM Film Festival website, but suffice it to say that they're going big for their first in-person festival since 2019. In that spirit, the festival's theme is "All Together Now: Back to the Big Screen." The festival takes place in the heart of Hollywood, April 21-24. Related content: 10 classic films to pair with the 2022 Best Picture nominees How a brand refresh is helping TCM's quest to keep classic film relevant How the TCM festival brings Old Hollywood to life for four days – and makes it more inclusive